Rail-fastener.



A. REMAR.

RAIL FASTENER.

APPLICATION man MAYIo. 19u.

1,238,335. Patented ug. 28, 1917.

FIG. 1.

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FIG.. 5. 10 if] after ne I4 UNITED STATE .ALBERT BED/IAR, OF MAYNARD, OHIO.

RAIL-FASTENER.

Application led May 10, 1917.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, ALBERWREMAR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Maynard, in the county of Belmont and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in rail fastener.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a tie and rail fastener that is simple in construction, being easy and inexpensive to manufacture but at the same time possesses great strength being adapted for the 'ready mounting of rails suitably spaced apart in their operative arrangement upon the roadbed.

A further object of the device is to provide a fastener adapted for holding railway rails and arranged with a latching securing means adapted for ready assembling, and operatively connecting the tie and rails together.

A still further object of the device is to provide a ready means for securing rails to a tie without the employment of the usual bolts and spikes, the rails being retained by the present device in a secure manner.

With these general objects in view, the device consists Iof the novel combination and arrangements of parts hereinafter fully described as well as claimed and fully illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a tie showing the rails secured thereon by the present device,

F ig. 2 is a top plan view thereof,

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view through the same,

Fig. 4 is a side view of a portion of a tie provided with a modified form of the device,

F ig. 5 is an enlarged top plan view of the device, and,

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the rail supporting and securing blocks of the device.

1t will be understood that the tie employed may be formed lof metal, wood, cement or other suitable material, the same being herein illustrated at 10 with the railway rails 11 mounted thereon in parallelism adj acent the opposite ends of the tie in their usual relations with respect thereto.

Transverse dove-tail grooves 12 are provided in pairs in the upper face 13 of the tie 10 at points adjacent the opposite ends Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 28, 1917.

seriai No. 167,792.

of the tie, a pair of the said grooves 12 being arranged beneath the outer edge portion of the base flanges 14 of each rail 11. A securing block 15 of the form best illustrated in Fig. 6 of the drawing is provided for each of the recesses 12 being` adapted for slidable reception within the said recesses from either end thereof which may be found desirable.

The blocks 15 have opposite oblique edges 1G for conforming to the shape of the recesses 12 while the thickness of the blocks 15 is slightly greater than the depth of the recesses 12, whereby when the blocks 15 are forced into the recesses 12 with the opposite ends of the blocks lying fiush with the opposite faces of the tie 10, the blocks 15 will engage beneath the base flanges 14, thereby elevating the rails slightly above the intervening portion 17 of the tie, as the inner walls are of less height than the outer wall.

All of the blocks 15 are identical in structure, having a laterally projecting lug 1S centrally carried thereby for engaging over the adjacent edge of the base ange 14, the said lugs being disposed centrally of the tie 10 when operatively positioned as best illustrated in Figs. 2 and 5 of the drawing. Spring catches or bolts 19 are carried by the tie 10 normally projecting within the recesses 12 at the sides of the recesses which are positioned outwardly of the adjacent rail 11, the said catches being operable by pins 20 and having a rounded free end 21 adapted for automatically seating within a suitable socket 22 centrally arranged in the adjacent edge 16 Vof the adjacent block.

In Fig. 4 I have illustrated the tie 10 provided with similar recesses 12 for receiving blocks 15 slidably therein and having lugs 18 for fitting over the base flange 14 of a rail 11.

In this construction, ribs 23 are provided on the base of the block which frictionally engage the bottom wall of the recess 12 and provide a better gripping action between the block and tie. In each construction it is to be noted that the rails rest upon the blocks, being supported above the tie as indicated at 17 in Fig. 3 and at 17 in Fig. 4.

With the blocks 15 removed, and the rail 11 seated upon the tie portion 17 the rail may be slightly elevated permitting the initial entrance of the block 15 within the recess 12 and thereafter the block may be driven into its proper position within the recess and whereupon the latch bolt 19 Will become seated within the socket 22. The rails will be firmly maintained in this manner upon the tie 10, the same resting entirely upon the blocks l5 which supportingly receive the edge portions of the base Hange l/l whereby the rails will be slightly elevated above the tie. The members be readily disassembled when desired.

This provides a strong arrangement for attaching the rails to the tie and while the preferred embodiment is herein illustrated minor changes may be made therein as found desirable and which fall within the spirit of the invention as claimed.

What I claim as new is A railway tie provided adjacent the end with spaced recesses extending transversely across the face of the tie, the side Walls of each recess being oppositely beveled, and spring-pressed latches mounted in the tie and having their free ends projecting into the recesses, in combination with combined rail supporting and securing blocks received in said recesses, lugs carried by said blocks to engage over the base flange ot a rail, the inner walls of the recesses being of less height than the outer walls of said recesses wherebywhen a rail is in position on the blocks it is held supported above the face of the tie, the outer side edge of each block having a socket to receive the free end of the spring-pressed latches.

ln testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ALBERT REMAR.

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